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Originally Posted by 107barney  I agree. I pay $35 for a two month supply of Atopica. Befoee the liquid Atopica for cats was around, we had cyclosporine (neoral) sent at about $55/month. Now she is on a minimal dose but the bottle is only good for 8 weeks once open so I do lose a little even when mostly giving every day. I probably wont switch to apoquel even if it is more available because my girl is almost 14 and has done so well for so long on Atopica. |
Yup...it's just so crazily priced and I don't understand why it doesn't decrease at all. It makes me upset too for those whom the price is extremely prohibitive to the point where they feel they can't even afford it for their pups, ya know?
Marcel does pretty great on Atopica too...but he still has some breakthrough when certain pollens are really high, so I kind of wonder if he would do better w/ Apoquel.
I'm also curious about it for Wylie, who also has some allergies. I've never wanted to give Wylie Atopica bc he's on such a toxic drug w/ Lysodren (a chemo drug used for Cushings), so I've never wanted to add Atopica to that mix and then suppress his immune system further. But w/ Apoquel, I think it opens up possibilities for him. His allergies cause recurrent pyoderma, so I can't help but wonder if Apoquel might help manage/prevent the progression to that bc his skin won't be as irritated/sensitized. Who knows...but worth exploring.